Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 21
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 22 — Draupadī’s Abduction Attempt and Bhīma’s Suppression of the Kīcakas
तस्य तत् कुर्वतः कर्म कालो दीर्घ इवाभवत् । अनुचिन्तयतश्नचापि तामेवायतलोचनाम्
tasya tat kurvataḥ karma kālo dīrgha ivābhavat | anucintayataś cāpi tām evāyatalocanām ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。その支度に取りかかると、時は引き伸ばされたかのように長く感じられた。さらに、長い眼をもつあの女人（ドラウパディー）を幾度も幾度も思い巡らすうち、わずかな間でさえ、焦れる渇望によって、途方もない長さに思えたのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked fixation and lust distort one’s sense of time and judgment, pushing a person toward unethical choices; the verse hints at how inner obsession becomes a driver of adharma.
While engaged in his undertaking, the man (contextually, Kīcaka in the Draupadī episode) keeps thinking of Draupadī; because of impatient longing, even a short interval feels unbearably long.